visually impaired person
Noun: - A person with significantly reduced vision that cannot be fully corrected: This term refers to an individual who has a substantial, permanent limitation in their sense of sight. The impairment ranges from low vision to total blindness and affects daily activities.
This term is a formal and descriptive noun phrase used to identify individuals based on a shared sensory characteristic. It is often preferred in official, educational, and medical contexts as it is considered respectful and person-first, focusing on the person before the disability. - It is typically used as a countable noun. - It describes a condition, not a temporary state.
As a subject:
- The museum offers special tours for the visually impaired person.
- A visually impaired person may use a white cane or a guide dog for mobility.
As an object:
- The new software was designed to assist the visually impaired person.
- The law requires public buildings to provide access for the visually impaired person.
- "people who are visually impaired": A common alternative phrasing that uses person-first language in the plural. It is often used interchangeably with the singular form when speaking generally.
- This technology benefits people who are visually impaired.
- Visually impaired (adjective phrase): Describing the condition of having limited vision.
- She is visually impaired.
- Person with visual impairment: A synonymous noun phrase with identical meaning.
- Blind person: A term often used for a person with little to no light perception. (Note: "visually impaired person" is a broader category that can include individuals who are not completely blind).
- Person with low vision
- Sight-impaired individual
This term is a fixed noun phrase. Its components ("visually," "impaired," "person") are not typically used to form separate phrasal verbs or idioms. The term itself functions as a single lexical unit for labeling.
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someone who has inferior vision
